Space Age Fashion

スペースエイジ・ファッション / 1960s / Style / Fashion History

The couture avant-garde of the 1960s translated the optimism of the space race into experiments with material, using metal, plastic and geometric cuts to present the body as an object of the future.

Space Age Fashion — Pierre Cardin exhibition, 2019 (CC BY 2.0) · © Maureen — Pierre Cardin exhibition, 2019 (CC BY 2.0) · CC BY 2.0 · © Maureen

Space Age Fashion — Courrèges go-go boots, 1965 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · © Mabalu — Courrèges go-go boots, 1965 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · © Mabalu

Space Age Fashion — Display at the Cardin exhibition, 2019 (CC BY 2.0) · © amerune — Display at the Cardin exhibition, 2019 (CC BY 2.0) · CC BY 2.0 · © amerune

At a glance

Visual cues

Mini A-lines
Metal and plastic
Helmets and goggles
White and silver

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Stage costume and announcements where technological optimism must read instantly
Presenting experimental garments where the material itself is the subject

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Dictionary entry

Type: Geometric sans capitals aligned to circles and squares
Composition: Simplify the body into trapezoid and circle, exposing legs and face
Material: White and silver, vinyl, metal plates and chain, linked not sewn
Caution: Adding silver and porthole shapes alone yields a familiar costume, and without real material experiment it reads as nostalgia rather than the future.
Further study: André Courrèges, Moon Girl, 1964 / Paco Rabanne's metal dresses / Pierre Cardin's geometric cuts

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Space Age Design (スペースエイジ・デザイン)Shared effects: Futurity / Play.Compare Space Age Fashion and Space Age Design
New Look (ニュールック)Same Fashion History lineage.Compare Space Age Fashion and New Look

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